Improvement in washing-machines



R. CAMPBELL Washing-Machine.

No. 222,623. Patented Dec. 16, 1879.

bodyin g my invention.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROBERT CAMPBELL, on woosrEn, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHI NG- MACHINES. A

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,623, dated December 16, 1879 application filed December 26, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT CAMPBELL, of the city of Wooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines, of.

ing-lever, bot-h adjusted so as to enable thecatch-lid to connect and fasten upon a pivoted wash board (which I do not claim as part of my invention) in such a way as to form a corrugated perpendicular surface to resist the pressure of the dasher of the machine while in operation, whereby the clot-hes in the machine-box are made to revolve at each stroke of the dasher, and at the same time the Wash-box is tightly closed to prevent the escape of water and steam.

The object of my invention is to provide a more simple and perfect method of opening and closing the wash-box than heretofore, and to utilize the corrugated surface of the washboard by making the lid of the box clasp and hold the same in a. perpendicular position to resist the force of the dasher.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is an interior view of the device em- Fig. 2-is adetail view of the combination of dasher and movable cover, with the catch-lid hinged upon the same. In Fig. 1, Land W indicate the respective positions of the catch-lid and adjustable washboard when joined to close up the wash-box B. L and W indicate respective positions of the same when the wash-box is open.

The wash-board W is pivoted at each end tion to operate the da-sher by means of buttons K and K. i

The adjustable handle H moves in the slotted lever-shaft E upon a pivot, A, in the top of the shaft, and is adjusted to any desired elevation by means of a pin,s, passing through the lever-shaft and a corresponding hole, 8, in the arc of the handle.

' What I claim is The box 13 and the removable covert", havin g bearings T for the journals of the beater,

and thelid L, hinged to the cover and provided with the catch 0, in combination with the heater and the pivoted wash-board, sub stantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

ROBERT CAMPBELL.

. YVituesses:

JOHN FAwciJrr LARWILL, HIRAM B. SWARTZ. 

